Read before the Royal Society, January 31, 1839. "Privately published brochure constituting the world's first separate publication on photography, February, 1839."--Gernsheim's Concise History. SOME ...

Read before the Royal Society, Jan. 31, 1839. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ART OF PHOTOGENIC DRAWING OR THE PROCESS BY WHICH NATURAL OBJECTS MAY BE MADE TO DELINEATE THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE AID OF THE ARTISTS ...